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Is M&S Food Mushroom Pappardelle ultra-processed?

400 g Pastas Sold in the United Kingdom

Pack of M&S Food Mushroom Pappardelle

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 31 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed pastas

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Cooked Pappardelle Pasta 40% (Water, Durum Wheat Semolina), Mushrooms 33%, Semi Skimmed Milk, Italian White Wine, Water, Rapeseed Oil, Extra Mature Cheddar Cheese, Single Cream, Medium Fat Hard Cheese, Cornflour, Mushroom Stock (Water, Mushrooms, Salt, Yeast Extract, Mushrooms (Button, Oyster, Porcini, Shiitake), Sugar, Cornflour), Salt, Pecorino Cheese, Garlic Purée, Parsley, Cracked Black Pepper, Bay Leaves, Smoked Paprika

As written on the pack

Cooked Pappardelle Pasta (40%) (Water, Durum Wheat Semolina), Mushrooms (33%), Semi Skimmed Milk, Italian White Wine, Water, Rapeseed Oil, Extra Mature Cheddar Cheese (Milk) (4%), Single Cream (Milk), Medium Fat Hard Cheese (Milk), Cornflour, Mushroom Stock (Water, Mushrooms, Salt, Yeast Extract, Dried Mushrooms (Button, Oyster, Porcini, Shiitake), Sugar, Cornflour), Salt, Pecorino Cheese (Milk), Garlic Purée, Parsley, Cracked Black Pepper, Ground Bay Leaves, Smoked Paprika.

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 999 pastas

From least to most processed, this one ranks 452nd. 51% of the pastas here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 999 pastas, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 00448482, last edited 13 April 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.